The Quiet Power of Showing Up
There’s a kind of leadership that doesn’t make the front page very often. It doesn’t arrive with grand declarations or theatrical press conferences.
There’s a kind of leadership that doesn’t make the front page very often. It doesn’t arrive with grand declarations or theatrical press conferences.
Brandolini’s Law. An internet adage also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle.
Why can’t every decision be made through humanity and kindness. It sounds simple, yes? Perhaps too simple.
Kindness—or more often, the absence of it—shows up everywhere. In families. In workplaces. In public life.
This essay reflects on a year that unsettled my understanding of Australia — from Gaza to Bondi — and asks what happens to social cohesion when grief is politicised, institutions fall silent, and civic debate becomes harder to sustain.